Proposed Bylaws Amendments

If you wish to introduce an amendment, please contact the parlimentarian

You may also introduce an amendment at a general meeting for consideration at a future meeting.

Amendment Announcements

No further amendments are possible before reorganization.

New bylaws shall be adopted at the the December 18th, 2008 reorganization meeting.

See also: working drafts for 2008-2010.

Amendment Disposition

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November 13, 2008

The following October 2008 Amendments against the May 8, 2007 version of the bylaws were introduced at the October 12, 2008 general meeting, and were considered at the November 13, 2008 general meeting. Amendments 24 and 25 both passed.

Proposed amendment 24: PASSED

Article VI: Elections
Section 3: Voting
Subsection 3: Ballots
Delete Bullet 2: "All offices for which officers are being elected are to be listed on one ballot."

Proposed amendment 25: PASSED

Article VI: Elections
Section 3: Voting
Subsection 3: Ballots
Insert "for each office" between "One ballot" and "shall be given to each eligible voting member."

May 8, 2008

The following April 2008 Amendments against the April 12, 2007 version of the bylaws were introduced at the April 10, 2008 general meeting, and were considered at the May 8, 2008 general meeting. Amendment 22 passed, and Amendment 23 failed.

Amendment 22: PASSED

Article II: Membership
Section 2: Associate Membership
Subsection 1: An Associate membership in the 44th is open to any person that meets all of the following
•  Has previously attended at least one 44th LD meeting or caucus in the last 12 months.

Insert "or caucus" following "meeting".

Comment: Allows voters who attend a legislative district caucus to become members.

Amendment 23: FAILED

Article II: Membership
Section 2: Associate Membership
Subsection 1: An Associate membership in the 44th is open to any person that meets all of the following
•  Has previously attended at least one 44th LD general meeting in the last 12 months.

Insert "general" before "meeting".

Comment: Allows voters who attend a general meeting to become members.

June 12, 2008

The following amendment to our Policies and Procedures was to have been considered at the June 14th Meeting, but was neither moved nor adopted. It is abeyant.

Proposed Policies and Procedures Amendment 21:

Insert the following text as a new numbered item, immediately before "Amendment"

Policy regarding use of electronic resources by unendorsed candidates

Unendorsed candidates, and campaigns for or against specific ballot issues, are not permitted to use the email and web resources of the 44th LD Democrats for campaigning, except to announce their candidacy, and to announce a campaign kickoff event. Any such messages are to be accompanied with a disclaimer stating that the candidate or campaign is not endorsed by the 44th LD Democrats. Presidential campaigns are exempt, but the candidate must be a declared Democratic candidate for President.

March 2007 amendments to the December 2006 Bylaws

The following March 2007 Amendments against the December 14th, 2006 version of the bylaws were introduced at the March, 2007 general meeting, and passed at the April meeting: 13, 14, 18, 19, and 20.

Amendment 13: PASSED

Article IV: Appointed Officers
Section 2: Method of Replacement
Strike "Secretary" through "Military Liason" and insert "Secretary; Parliamentarian; Sergeant-at-Arms; Newsletter or Website Editor (Webmaster); Membership, PCO, Community Outreach, Fundraising, or Affirmative Action Coordinator; or, Legislative, Labor or Military Liaison"
Comment: For clarity.

Amendment 14: PASSED

Article IV: Appointed Officers
Section 3: Reasons for Removal from Office
Strike from "Secretary," through "Military Liaison" following "removal of the" and insert "Secretary; Parliamentarian; Sergeant-at-Arms; Newsletter or Website Editor (Webmaster); Membership, PCO, Community Outreach, Fundraising, and Affirmative Action Coordinator; or, Legislative, Labor or Military Liaison"
Comment: For clarity.

Amendment 18: PASSED

Article IV: Appointed Officers
Section 15: Affirmative Action Coordinator
Insert "Works with the county- and state-level Democratic Party to implement Affirmative Action rules and procedures." as third bullet item
Comment: This is necessary to fully integrate affirmative action throughout the Party. Adds to description of AA Coordinator’s duties.

Amendment 19: PASSED

Article IV: Appointed Officers
Section 16: Fundraising Coordinator
Insert "fundraising" following "monthly" on the fourth bullet item
Comment: For clarity.

Amendment 20: PASSED

Article IV: Appointed Officers
Section 16: Fundraising Coordinator
Strike "basic" and insert "final" and strike "of" and insert "upon completion of each"
Comment: For clarity.

August 2006 amendments to the July 2006 Bylaws.

Of the August amendments to the July 13th version of the bylaws, some passed, some failed, and others were not considered due to time. Details are in the minutes of the August 10, 2006 general meeting.

The remainder of the August amendments to the August 9th version of the bylaws have been considered by the new executive board and the new Bylaws committee.

June 2006 amendments to May 2006 Bylaws

The following June amendments to the May 11, 2006 version of the bylaws were originally proposed for the general meeting in June 2006.

Some of these amendments passed at the July 13, 2006 general meeting. The remainder of these amendments either failed, were withdrawn, or have been rolled into the new set of amendments slated for consideration at the August general meeting.

Some of the following August amendments to the July 13, 2006 version of the bylaws were proposed for the August 2006 general meeeting. Some amendments passed, failed, were amended, and some amendments were left unproposed. This work resulted in the current August 9th version of the bylaws.